Six expanded-credit MBS hit the market in the past two weeks, including the largest deal since COVID upended the sector. Activity is much slower in the space for prime jumbos and GSE-eligible investment-property loans.

A look at the performance of investment-property loans reveals some differences between GSE-eligible loans and non-agency mortgages. Performance also differed from owner-occupied prime jumbos and non-QMs.

UWM offering bank statement mortgages; Spring EQ expands HEL guidelines; Toorak issues bridge loan securitization; non-QM impairments steady in January; new law to help with LIBOR-linked legacy deals.

Most companies that issued non-agency MBS with GSE-eligible investment-property loans during the fourth quarter haven’t offered similar deals thus far in 2022.

Performance of non-agency MBS with manufactured housing loans hasn’t followed the trends seen in other sectors during the pandemic.

In general, non-QM lenders are expecting strong originations in 2022 but...

When originations sag, one solution is to add new products, nonprime or otherwise. At least that’s what UWM did this week. Will it work?

An increase in the share of minorities working as loan originators could boost approval rates for loan applications by minority borrowers, according to findings from two new studies.

UWM first dipped a toe into the non-QM market in December 2021, launching an interest-only offering...

For the full year, the REIT's profit totaled $21.1 million. Its assets increased to $2.57 billion at Dec. 31, compared to just $509.6 million at yearend 2020.